diff --git a/magicpoint/magicpoint.spec b/magicpoint/magicpoint.spec
index 2b0842041f..08b41c1000 100644
--- a/magicpoint/magicpoint.spec
+++ b/magicpoint/magicpoint.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Distribution: OpenPKG [EVAL]
 Group:        Graphics
 License:      GPL
 Version:      1.10a
-Release:      20030702
+Release:      20030801
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      ftp://ftp.mew.org/pub/mgp/magicpoint-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Patch0:       magicpoint.patch
 Prefix:       %{l_prefix}
 BuildRoot:    %{l_buildroot}
 BuildPreReq:  OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20020206, X11, flex, bison, make, gcc
-PreReq:       OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20020206, X11
+PreReq:       OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20020206, X11, perl
 AutoReq:      no
 AutoReqProv:  no
 
@@ -67,9 +67,12 @@ AutoReqProv:  no
         -e 's;\$(LIBDIR)/mgp;%{l_prefix}/share/mgp;g' \
         Imakefile.in
 
+    echo 'ac_cv_path_mgp_cv_path_perl="%{l_prefix}/bin/perl"' >config.cache
+
     CC="%{l_cc}" \
     CFLAGS="%{l_cflags -O}" \
     ./configure \
+        --cache-file=./config.cache \
         --prefix=%{l_prefix} \
         --disable-vflib \
         --disable-nls \